Getting Kinley out of the country seemed like a damn fine plan.
"Tell Kinley what's going on and to get her cute butt in gear because I want to take off in the next hour." The silence from the feds was not a good thing. The quicker they took off, the safer he would feel.
He passed a harried Dominic who was carrying a stack of jeans in one hand and a very excited Gigi in the other. Butch lumbered along behind them. "I'm going to put these in the office before I take the dogs out. I swear Kinley's turned me into her butler."
Despite the adrenaline coursing through his body, he couldn't help but laugh a little. Dominic growled at Gigi, who no longer seemed afraid of the big bad Dom.
Law jogged through the house, disarming and rearming the security system-and grabbing his SIG as he left. The small private landing strip was two hundred yards away from the house, and he wasn't about to run out in the open with no way to defend himself, just in case.
He settled into his preflight checks after gassing up the small jet. Minutes passed in perfect silence.
That's when he heard the gunshots.
* * * *
Kinley turned on the shower and shrugged out of Riley's T-shirt.
What was she doing? She should probably still be with her men, but she'd walked away to lick her wounds. She didn't want them to see her cry or to watch them reevaluate their relationship. They all had to be wondering whether they really wanted a woman who could cause so much trouble.
Greg had used her and he'd done it with a smile on his face. And why shouldn't he smile? She hadn't given him any trouble at all. He'd just walked in and offered to solve her problems, so she'd stopped asking questions. Brilliant.
When he'd told her to pack ten pairs of jeans for a vacation she normally wouldn't even pack one pair for, what had she done? Exactly as he'd asked because Greg had told her he wanted to see her in them. Like he'd ever stared at her butt before. She snorted.
Now Law, he stared at her butt. She caught him all the time. At this moment, her butt was sore after the spanking and even more thorough fucking. Why did she love the soreness? Why did every little ache remind her of Dominic and the gently forceful way in which he'd taken her?
What was he thinking at this point, that she didn't have a brain in her head?
They would dump her as soon as the feds had Greg in custody. And she couldn't blame them. How much had her actions already cost people? She was transporting diamonds that had been mined by slaves. She was working with factories that probably used child labor.
A sharp knock on the door brought her out of her thoughts. She didn't need anyone to see her like this. "I'm in the shower."
"Kinley, let me in." Riley's voice sounded through the door.
He was the last one she needed. He was so smart. Riley had resisted his physical attraction to her. Now he probably wished he hadn't given in. "I'll be out in ten minutes."
Maybe she could compose herself by then.
There was a slight rustling sound, then the door popped open. Riley had his driver's license in his hand. "Interior doors are a breeze. And you lied. You are not in the shower."
But she was naked. She grabbed a towel. "Privacy please."
He frowned, his eyes on the towel. "Why? You didn't want privacy before. You were perfectly happy to be naked in front of me. Or is it only Dominic and Law you're comfortable around? What happened, Kinley? You decide you didn't really like three men?"
"God, you are so damaged. That's where you go? Everything has to be about you?" She was just about done with his attitude. "It can't be that I just figured out how much of a fool I am? No, we have to go back to your problems and your issues. Go away, Riley. I'll be out when I'm ready."
She turned away from him, brutally aware she'd just been a complete bitch.
Riley's arms wound around her waist and pulled her back. "I'm sorry. It didn't occur to me because I don't think you were a fool. I think you're sweet and loving, and had no way to see this coming. You're far too good for the likes of Jansen … and me. But I'm going to ask you to overlook that little flaw because I'm crazy about you."
Tears filled her eyes. "That's not fair."
She wanted to be alone. She wanted to wail and blame herself for everything and Riley wasn't going to let her.
"It's all right, sweetheart." He said the word like he really meant it, his hand smoothing back her hair as he cuddled her close. "It's okay. You made a mistake, but it was an honest one. You did it because you were hopeful. He took advantage of your giving nature."
"Just like it happened to you." If she could get him to understand that what Simone did wasn't his fault, maybe all the pain would be worth it. "There was nothing wrong with you or Law or what the three of you want. Simone had the problem."